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Judicial independence continues to suffer due to transitional mechanisms for judicial reform that have given the government and its supporters in Congress a powerful say in appointing and dismissing judges.  </p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-1 pane-taxonomy-feature-page"> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_1 view-taxonomy-feature-page view-dom-id-4"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/21/ecuador-blow-free-speech"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501003546im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-300x200/media/images/photographs/2010_Ecuador_EmilioPalacio.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-300x200 imagecache-default imagecache-crop-300x200_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-image-caption-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Emilio Palacio, a journalist for the Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo, was sentenced to three years in prison for criminal defamation of Rafael Correa's government on July 20, 2011.</p></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-copyright-value"> <span class="field-content">© 2010 Reuters</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/21/ecuador-blow-free-speech">Ecuador: A Blow to Free Speech</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The conviction of President Rafael Correa’s critics for criminal defamation violates Ecuador’s international human rights obligations and should be overturned on appeal. 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class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">An interview with Ecuador’s communications minister, Fernando Alvarado, in the March 4, 2012 edition of the official newspaper El Ciudadano flagrantly distorted what happened during a recent meeting he had in Washington, DC, with Human Rights Watch.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/23/letter-peruvian-government-involuntary-detention-people-drug-dependence">Letter to Peruvian Government on Involuntary Detention of People with Drug Dependence</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Feb 23, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch believes that provisions in Peruvian law that permit involuntary detention for treatment of people who suffer from addiction threaten fundamental human rights protections against arbitrary detention and ill-treatment and for the right to health and are contrary to sound public health policy.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/21/universal-periodic-review-ecuador">Universal Periodic Review of Ecuador</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 21, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In a referendum held in May 2011, President Rafael Correa obtained a popular mandate to reform the Ecuadorian justice system, a recommendation accepted by Ecuador during the previous UPR cycle. However, the language of the approved reforms could significantly increase the government’s powers to influence the appointment and dismissal of judges.Other serious concerns not addressed by the UPR recommendations of 2008 include the fact that government authorities have undermined free expression by using criminal defamation laws, by arbitrarily forcing TV and radio stations to air presidential speeches, and by failing to adopt regulations to grant official advertisement.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/14/ecuador-decriminalize-defamation">Ecuador: Decriminalize Defamation</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 14, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Ecuador should repeal insult laws (desacato) and all norms that criminalize defamation of public officials and institutions</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/21/ecuador-blow-free-speech">Ecuador: A Blow to Free Speech</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 21, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The conviction of President Rafael Correa’s critics for criminal defamation violates Ecuador’s international human rights obligations and should be overturned on appeal. Ecuador should abolish the defamation provisions in its criminal code.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/03/31/ecuador-don-t-prosecute-president-s-critics">Ecuador: Don’t Prosecute President’s Critics</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 31, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">President Rafael Correa’s efforts to prosecute his critics for defamation under criminal law is a serious blow to free expression in Ecuador. Ecuador should repeal the defamation provisions in its criminal code.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/12/17/ecuador-drop-plan-control-civil-society">Ecuador: Drop Plan to Control Civil Society</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 17, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">President Rafael Correa should drop a proposed decree that would unjustifiably impose government control over Ecuador’s nongovernmental organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. The powers it would grant would undermine the groups’ independence and compromise their role as a civil society check on government.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/08/09/ecuador-letter-president-national-assembly-fernando-cordero-cueva">Ecuador: Letter to President of the National Assembly, Fernando Cordero Cueva</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 9, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/08/09/ecuador-modify-proposed-communications-law">Ecuador: Modify Proposed Communications Law</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 9, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Ecuador should amend provisions of the proposed Communications Law to ensure that it meets its obligations to protect and promote free speech.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501003546/http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/12/15/ecuador-amend-draft-communications-law">Ecuador: Amend Draft Communications Law</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 15, 2009</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Ecuadorian National Assembly should amend proposed legislation to regulate communications. 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